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At IBC 2015,
Netgem’s focus
was very much on
its #TelcoTV
proposition.
Sylvain Thevenot,
Managing Director
of Netgem TV
PVX, explains that
while all the
elements of
#TelcoTV have
been delivered by
Netgem for the last
twenty years, this
is a new way to
articulate the endto-end services and
how they apply
specifically to
telcos.
Netgem brings it all
together for #TelcoTV
TelcoTV is really
about three
things: Firstly,
telcos, like other providers,
need to serve multiple
screens when they deliver
“#
TV inside or outside of the
home – that multi-screen
experience is at the heart of
a telco TV proposition. We
believe the multi-screen
solution we can deliver and
have just implemented for
EE TV in the UK is best in
class.”
“The second thing needed is
Content is part of the service
In November, Netgem
#TelcoTV announced it has
secured a total of 29
additional content
partnerships throughout
2015, bringing the total
number of partners to more
than 50. The agreements,
signed for the UK and
European markets, have
enabled Netgem to provision
an unparalleled level of free
and pay-as-you-go
entertainment content to the
fast-growing customer base
of Netgem’s Telco operator
clients across movies, series,
international channels,
children’s, and thematic
content – providing over 400
channels and thousands of
On-Demand video assets.
Netgem has signed
partnerships with some of
the best known content
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providers, including MUBI,
Netflix, Youtube, Wuaki.TV,
and Sky’s NOW TV. By
securing these partnerships
Netgem says it has ensured
that operators are able to
deliver a compelling TV and
entertainment service
offering to their customers
that gives them a distinct
advantage over their
competitors – including a
number of traditional Pay-TV
providers.
One of Netgem’s most
recent partnerships has been
with online TV streaming
for telcos to deliver more than
just linear TV and simple VoD.
Now they must embrace OTT
and other content and present
all of it in simple, consistent and
coherent way across multiple
devices. So we are
providing through
our cloud platform a
very simple way to
access a great
variety of content in
a very
straightforward
manner, with
unified search and
personalisation as well.”
“The third priority is to meet
the telco’s need for increased
operational efficiency. That
means driving innovation at a
faster pace but also reducing
their cost. We provide a range of
tools to achieve this alongside
our cloud-based ‘TV as a
service’, that is a very cost
solution Simplestream to
provide the company’s TV
Player Plus service that offers
customers in the UK a wide
range of TV and films across
free and premium TV
channels, including
Eurosport, National
Geographic and Cartoon
Network. Netgem has
also signed an
agreement with global
media solutions provider
Globecast to provide My
Polish TV and Telefrance
in the UK which
launched on EE TV on 26th
November.
“The Triple/Quad-Play
telecoms market is an
incredibly competitive space,
with a range of service
providers competing hard to
maintain revenue streams
and gain new customers”
said Sylvain Thevenot. “By
signing agreements with
efficient way to provide a TV
service. We also provide a very
fast innovation road map based
on that cloud TV platform.”
“Unlike traditional pay-TV
providers who have legacy
networks and a renewal cycle, by
embracing the new technologies
of 4G and fibre to the home,
telcos are in the Internet space
and so they have to innovate, for
example, at the rate of four
releases in a year, which we are
doing for most of our customers.
That means more flexibility of
service which we have delivered
now for our customers in almost
five million homes across twenty
countries.”
leading content providers on
our #TelcoTV platform, we
are enabling telcos to save
both in terms of cost and
time-to-market as they
deploy engaging TV services
to their customers. Operators
can then focus on delivering
the best customer
experience, rather than
having to deal with the
challenges of securing and
maintaining content services
and building out content
management infrastructure.”
Netgem says a key to its
success in securing these
partnerships is the acclaimed
#TelcoTV p